Best Gaming Monitor

[russell wyllie]

I like my Viewsonic vx2025wm very much, I got it for $400 a few months ago. Picture quality and details are very good at 1680 by 1050 resolution.

What bugs me about LCDs is that they are capped at 60 frames per second (hz) or 75 frames per second if you're lucky, but with Crysis you will never see anything above 30 frames per second anyway.

I bought the LG 22" 226WTQ-FS Widescreen monitor, with 2ms delay and 60 Hz refresh rate. It is horrible- ugly and blocky at low resolutions, and jitters when watching DVD movies or digital television. LG website advertise it as perfect for movies without blurring or distortion. What a collosal bunch of liars they are!

Your graphics card might be able to produce 100 fps, but LCD monitors only go as high as 75Hz (usually at very low resolution of 960x600 and below). This means you will only see up to 75 frames per second, regardless of the graphics card's ability. My 7950gx2 runs F.E.A.R at 250 fps at peak, and never below 97fps,so a CRT for me is the only option.

Most LCD monitors only use 60Hz (60 frames per second ) in resolutions higher than 960x600, so beware- a CRT monitor is the professional gaming/multimedia monitor you want (Sony 21" Trinitron Monitor with 2048x1680 at 85Hz is great!)

Unfortunately, the market is tied up with LCD's, even though they are far cheaper, they are crap in my opinion, unless you get a 42" LCD television capable of supporting PC's at 100Hz. But there is a snag with the technology in the 42" LCD t.v's- the picture is made stable by adding a black screen in between frames, so you get a consistant brain-fooling, where you think you've seen a smooth picture, but in fact whatever you see will be a series of picture-black-picture-black-picture (60 frames of picture and 40 frames of black screen), not like the CRT's smooth 100 fps of picture. LCD colours are also often less accurate than a CRT.

Get a Sony or Viewsonic widescreen CRT at 21", and be grateful that I let you know what a swindle the LCD industry really is...
CRT's are becoming obsolete, so you may not find a widescreen very easily- but it's worth shopping for one...

 

[realzeus]

I bought the LG 22" 226WTQ-FS Widescreen monitor, with 2ms delay and 60 Hz refresh rate. It is horrible- ugly and blocky at low resolutions, and jitters when watching DVD movies or digital television. LG website advertise it as perfect for movies without blurring or distortion. What a collosal bunch of liars they are!

Your graphics card might be able to produce 100 fps, but LCD monitors only go as high as 75Hz (usually at very low resolution of 960x600 and below). This means you will only see up to 75 frames per second, regardless of the graphics card's ability. My 7950gx2 runs F.E.A.R at 250 fps at peak, and never below 97fps,so a CRT for me is the only option.

Most LCD monitors only use 60Hz (60 frames per second ) in resolutions higher than 960x600, so beware- a CRT monitor is the professional gaming/multimedia monitor you want (Sony 21" Trinitron Monitor with 2048x1680 at 85Hz is great!)

Unfortunately, the market is tied up with LCD's, even though they are far cheaper, they are crap in my opinion, unless you get a 42" LCD television capable of supporting PC's at 100Hz. But there is a snag with the technology in the 42" LCD t.v's- the picture is made stable by adding a black screen in between frames, so you get a consistant brain-fooling, where you think you've seen a smooth picture, but in fact whatever you see will be a series of picture-black-picture-black-picture (60 frames of picture and 40 frames of black screen), not like the CRT's smooth 100 fps of picture. LCD colours are also often less accurate than a CRT.

Get a Sony or Viewsonic widescreen CRT at 21", and be grateful that I let you know what a swindle the LCD industry really is...
CRT's are becoming obsolete, so you may not find a widescreen very easily- but it's worth shopping for one...

Excellent put! I would also add the infinitely superior clarity of CRTs (smaller dot pitch), 100 times better scaling, and real blacks.

 

[picture_perfect]

LCD monitors only go as high as 75Hz. This means you will only see up to 75 frames per second, regardless of the graphics card's ability.

LCDs that claim 75-85hz only do 60 in reality (another white lie)
http://www.behardware.com/articles/641-5/1rst-lcd-at-100-hz-the-end-of-afterglow.html

...unless you get a 42" LCD television capable of supporting PC's at 100Hz..

No current LCD monitor or TV will display over 60fps from a graphics card.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=960548&highlight=borf

No 120hz televisions support 120hz input (same for 100hz euro sets).
The TVs create an artificial 120hz which is not useful for games.
The process causes artifacts and massive input lag.

 

[pudman]

Cheap 24":

Westinghouse L2410NM Glossy Black 24" = $400 Hey it's cheap

Does anyone own one of these by any chance? Best buy is running a special on it. 350 right now. I saw it briefly in store and many people say they arent experiencing any ghosting with it. Its an MVA panel and the colors and contrast seem great for the price, however its so cheap I am a little nervous about buying it. I guess worst case scenario I can return it for the 15% restocking fee but. Im wondering if id be better off going with a higher quality 22.

 

[godspeed7]

Anyone use an ACER 22-26" Monitor? How are they?

 

[Guest]

hey...
Im currently building my gaming pc and im looking for the best gaming monitor i have a dell ultrasharp 19'' as the secondary monitor but what should i use as the mmain one im looking for something like a 22'' widescreen or something... would truelife be good or what???
thanks rob